Charles Murray's essay "Choosing a Future" depicts what the future would be like if all federal transfer payments to the poor were abolished. Murray is convinced if our country did away with all federal transfer payments such as AFDC, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Unemployment Insurance, ect that our country would be better off. Murray seems to be overly optimistic about our future without welfare. .
Murray seems to think that every one who is on welfare and any other federal benefits would be forced to find a job. If they cannot find a job then they would have to rely on their families or private charities for support. Anyone who cannot achieve this would be considered to have "fallen between the cracks." Murray states that this would be a very small percentage of the population and that we have no obligation to help them because they only have their selves to blame. .
I believe Murray's speculation has noble intentions, but I think there is a point where he crosses the line. I agree with him that it is not fair for low class people who have a hard working job to earn basically the same amount as people who are just on benefits from the government. However, I don't agree that all federal benefits should be cut. People who have a disability do not have the same opportunities as everyone else and there for I believe that they should receive some sort of benefit. .
If we resorted to this living style then I believe that humans would be no different then primitive animals. In the 19-century a famous British scientist Charles Darwin, known for his theories on evolutions coined the term Darwinism. Darwinism means only the strongest survive. This is what animals have to revert to. If your country eliminated all benefits then it would not be ludicrous to say that only the strongest will survive. I refused to believe that our civilization has not evolved more then animals.
